WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump yanked the United States out of a major Pacific trade deal on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), making good on an election campaign promise and delivering a hammer blow to Asian allies.

Trump said he had “terminated” the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - a trade deal binding the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Vietnam and seven other allies against growing Chinese economic clout.

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